Dustpan



July '19, 1932. w, TYslcK 1,868,297

I DUSTPAN Filed Aug. 11, 1930 f'fil F762.

/] TTOENEf Patented July 19, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT WILLIAM TYSICK, OF PERTH, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIG-NOR OF ORE HALFTO FREDERICK J. PUBLOW, OF PERTH, ONTARIO, CANADA DUSTPAN Applicationfiled August 11, 1930, Serial No. 474,445, and in Canada April 25, 1930.

My invention relates to dust pans.

Dust pans at present on the market have the objection that they lackstability and rigidity and in many cases the handles break off and thepan itself crumples and becomes useless under ordinary wear.

The objects of my invention are to eliminate all the drawbacks which Ihave found in dust pans now on the market, and to render my dust panstrong and durable with the pan of a suflicient weight of metal thatwill not crumple under ordinary use, and in which the handle will havethe desired durability and be attached in a manner in which it is notliable to become detached.

In carrying out my invention, I also make the metallic portion from asingle blank so that rigidity is obtained.

With the above and other objects in view, it will be made clear as thespecification proceeds that my invention relates to an improvedconstruction and arrangement of parts which I have definitely pointedout in my appended claim.

In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the blank from which my dust pan is made, thedotted lines indicating the manner in which the blank is bent.

Fig. 2 is a semi-perspective view of the blank with the edges bent.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the back wooden portion of the pan.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the pan.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawing,

A dust pan in accordance with this invention includes a body part A ofsheet metal. The metallic sheet being bent upon lines 13, 14 and 15 toprovide a bottom, a pair of sides, a pair of oppositely disposed lugs 10extending inwardly from the rear ends of the sides and an upwardlyextending flange at the rear of the body portion. The lugs 10 arepositioned against the rear face of the flange and provided withorifices 11.

The pan also includes a back wall 16 of trapezoidal contour having itssides and bot tom edges grooved as at 17 The back wall is positionedbetween the rear ends of the sides of the pan, and the grooved sides ofsuch wall receive the lug 10 and the grooved bottom edge of such wallreceives the upwardly extending flange at the rear of the bottom of thepan.

The flange 12 engages with the groove 17 in the lower edge of the backportion, while the lugs 10 engage with the groove 17 in the sides of theback portion, and when a dust pan is so assembled, rivets 20 are driventhrough the back member and hole 11 to secure the blank A to the backportion 16.

The handle 19 is secured in position by gluing and by a nail 21 and saidhandle is further provided with an eyelet 22 by means of which it may behung up.

This dust pan is of an extremely strong nature and has an exceedinglylong lifetime,

and will not go out of use with ordinary care and work.

While I have described a specific form embodying my invention, I do notwish to be limited, but only inasmuch as I have done in the claim whichfollows.

What I claim as my invention is:

In a dust pan, a sheet metal body part formed of a flat bottom, a pairof sides, oppositely disposed, inwardly extending apertured lugs at therear ends of the sides and an upwardly extending flange at the rear endof said bottom and opposing the forward faces of the lugs, a back wallpositioned between the rear ends of the sides and having grooved sidesand bottom edges, said lugs and flange being extended into said groovededges, and holdfast devices for connecting the flange and lugs to saidback wall.

Signed at Perth, Ontario, this 31st day of July, A. D. 1931.

ROBERT WILLIAM TYSICK.

